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#1 ·
So after having my recently acquired seiko 5 stop on me for the 3rd time as I forget to wind it and don't wear every day, I was researching how much to wind one of these. I happened upon the "seiko shuffle"

The process where you basically fake the normal movement of the watch for a day into a couple of minutes in order to wind it, oddly it seems to work better than using the crown to wind it.

Why do I prefer it, well it seems to run longer, prob less wear as not fiddling with the crown all the time, easier to do ( could be a well developed muscle memory pattern lol)

Anyway works great, sure most of you watchies will be aware of this one but if not, check it out.
 
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#2 · (Edited by Moderator)
Does your "5" hack? Does the second hand stop when you pull the crown out? If not your "5" is probably fitted with a 7S26 movement.

If your Seiko 5 is fitted with the 7S26 movement as fitted to most "older" '5's it is not designed to "hand wind". To keep it wound you either need to do the "shuffle" or wear it for about 8 hours daily.

More modern "5" use a 4R36 or similar movement which should hack and hand wind.

Don't forget you cannot have too many watches !!!!
 
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#3 ·
johnboy24 said:
Does your "5" hack? Does the second hand stop when you pull the crown out? If not your "5" is probably fitted with a 7S26 movement.

If your Seiko 5 is fitted with the 7S26 movement as fitted to most "older" '5's it is not designed to "hand wind". To keep it wound you either need to do the "shuffle" or wear it for about 8 hours daily.

More modern "5" use a 4R36 or similar movement which should hack and hand wind.

Don't forget you cannot have too many watches !!!!
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Yes , it does hack, it is the 4r36 movement so it can be wound, I just think the shuffle seems to work better than hand winding, probably just in my mind.
 
#6 ·
My 5 is quite old so my preference is just to wear it. After 10 minutes of normal wear it's then that I set the time. Normal wear during the day slowly winds it to full enough to last all night & next day if left sitting.

No shuffle, no hand wind.

I avoid the date setting 9 out of 10 times but still set it once in a while to check it out.
 
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